Comments on: Notes http://pdberger.com/notes/ The blog of a British freelance writer living in New York Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:03:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: Beverly http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-126619 Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:25:43 +0000 http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-126619 Oh, dear another one of those people who talk with their mouth open while eating! Maybe once you go hungry you'll not be so hard on farmers and "the smell" . Oh and by the way- those factory types .. feeds over 2000 people from one location... can you say that? Please be kind, stop bashing our U.S. farmers no matter what they grow or raise. Oh, dear another one of those people who talk with their mouth open while eating! Maybe once you go hungry you’ll not be so hard on farmers and “the smell” . Oh and by the way- those factory types .. feeds over 2000 people from one location… can you say that? Please be kind, stop bashing our U.S. farmers no matter what they grow or raise.

]]> by: Kendra http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-29780 Sun, 07 Jan 2007 05:18:48 +0000 http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-29780 I concede :) I've not seen the British countryside, but I have seen the French countryside and I understand what you mean. I think that you summed up the allure with your use of the words small and neat. The beauty comes from the idea of humanity and nature co-existing. There are some small patches of the US that have that, but I'd say that most of the natural beauty of America comes from sheer wilderness - our farmlands tend to be large, and stinky thanks to factory farming techniques. I concede :) I’ve not seen the British countryside, but I have seen the French countryside and I understand what you mean. I think that you summed up the allure with your use of the words small and neat. The beauty comes from the idea of humanity and nature co-existing. There are some small patches of the US that have that, but I’d say that most of the natural beauty of America comes from sheer wilderness - our farmlands tend to be large, and stinky thanks to factory farming techniques.

]]> by: pdberger http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27944 Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:42:01 +0000 http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27944 Point taken Kendra. I have had some very nice drives in the US, particularly around the Adirondacks in NY. Obviously, Big Bend in Texas was breathtaking. But I still find there is something very special about the British countryside. I think the architecture of small British towns and villages and the small, neat farmers' fields have a lot to do with it. Point taken Kendra. I have had some very nice drives in the US, particularly around the Adirondacks in NY. Obviously, Big Bend in Texas was breathtaking.

But I still find there is something very special about the British countryside. I think the architecture of small British towns and villages and the small, neat farmers’ fields have a lot to do with it.

]]> by: Kendra http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27852 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 23:13:58 +0000 http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27852 I'd just like to point out that none of the US routes you've cited New York-Boston, New York-Washington, New York-Hamptons, technically involve countryside, although there are some very quaint villages in New England, carefully tucked away from the railroads. And Texas is mostly desert. Europe is a rail continent, America, by hook or crook, is a car continent. If you want to see its countryside you need to get behind a car (or bicycle) and stay off of the Interstates (efficient, yes, pretty no). I’d just like to point out that none of the US routes you’ve cited New York-Boston, New York-Washington, New York-Hamptons, technically involve countryside, although there are some very quaint villages in New England, carefully tucked away from the railroads. And Texas is mostly desert. Europe is a rail continent, America, by hook or crook, is a car continent. If you want to see its countryside you need to get behind a car (or bicycle) and stay off of the Interstates (efficient, yes, pretty no).

]]> by: Ali http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27839 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 21:45:32 +0000 http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27839 I know, I know, those damn strip malls definitely get in the way of the American landscape! And since I have an obsession with Midsommer Murders (t.v. show), I'm definitely interested in visiting the English countryside. I know, I know, those damn strip malls definitely get in the way of the American landscape! And since I have an obsession with Midsommer Murders (t.v. show), I’m definitely interested in visiting the English countryside.

]]> by: BiB http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27714 Wed, 20 Dec 2006 15:21:03 +0000 http://pdberger.com/notes/#comment-27714 Thank you. This is a timely reminder for a curious Londoner-in-exile to put off the decision to return for another few years. Thank you. This is a timely reminder for a curious Londoner-in-exile to put off the decision to return for another few years.

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